Overview
- Dale Warner received 70 years on Thursday, May 8, with 60 years for murder plus 10 for evidence tampering to run back to back.
- Parole eligibility comes after 33 years, which could keep the 58-year-old in prison into his 90s.
- A Lenawee County jury returned guilty verdicts after a multi-week trial that featured his police interview, witness accounts, and investigators’ findings.
- Prosecutors said he hid Dee Warner’s body in a safe, moved it with farm equipment, and welded her remains inside a fertilizer tank.
- Investigators said the killing followed Dee Warner’s plan to divorce and to sell their family businesses.